The lack of public bathrooms in New York City is a perennial complaint going back decades.

Now, finally, relief is on the way.

“Today we are voting to make New York City flush with public toilets,” Brooklyn City Councilwoman Sandy Nurse said.

The Council unanimously passed a bill Thursday that aims to create more than 1,000 new public bathrooms, bringing the total number citywide to 2,120 by 2035. At least half will be publicly owned; others could be public-private partnerships.

The city would have to produce a strategic planning report every four years, with the first due in September 2026.

Councilwoman Nurse sponsored the legislation and says the need is undeniable.

“We know that little kids want to eat snacks all the time, and they want to drink water all the time and then they immediately have to use the bathroom,” Nurse told NY1 in an interview. “What if you’re pregnant? What if you are someone who didn’t realize you’re starting your period that day? There are so many things that happen when you leave your house — but then, even more so, you might not even have a house.”

Progress has been slow and incremental in addressing the public toilet shortage. Cost has been a massive obstacle, with the construction of new bathrooms often running into the millions of dollars.

Nurse says the city can experiment with new, cheaper models. “I have a modular unit in my district called the Portland Loo,” she said. “It’s the first one in Brooklyn and it cost just under $1 million and it took just under a year to build. We should be aggressively pursuing options like that.”

More public toilets won’t just meet a need, supporters say, they will also cut down on quality-of-life concerns. Last year, the NYPD issued more than 9,300 summonses, both civil and criminal, for public urination.

And the legislation will help the city catch up to its peers: New York ranks 66th among U.S. cities for public bathrooms per capita, according to the Public Toilet Index, a report from the British company QS Supplies.